Algeria has been really beefing up their military over the last little while, are they getting threats from the west or something.

I noticed that too. Are they expecting something? Because at this rate they will have more firepower than rest of the continent...

If you recall back in the 90's Algeria had a crisis (caused by the Muslim Brotherhood...shocker) which was a cross between Egypt's situation in 2011-2013 and Syria's situation 2011-current. Yes, if Syria falls (which seems unlikely now) then likely Algeria is next, followed by Iran, and lastly it will be Egypt...which is why it's important that the SAA is victorious in it's campaign against Wahaabi/Salafi insurgency, otherwise expect Europe to maintain and support an additional 30-40 million refugees within the next couple decades.

EDIT: I should point out that Algeria is very geo-strategic territory. In a conventional war against Russia, NATO would probably order Turkey to close the Bosporus (which Turdogan would love nothing more to do), Russia could have strategicaly important naval assets based in Algeria, and virutally control 80-90% of the Meditteranean in response to the closure of the Bosporus and Dardanelles straights.

Algeria has been really beefing up their military over the last little while, are they getting threats from the west or something.

I noticed that too. Are they expecting something? Because at this rate they will have more firepower than rest of the continent...

If you recall back in the 90's Algeria had a crisis (caused by the Muslim Brotherhood...shocker) which was a cross between Egypt's situation in 2011-2013 and Syria's situation 2011-current. Yes, if Syria falls (which seems unlikely now) then likely Algeria is next, followed by Iran, and lastly it will be Egypt...which is why it's important that the SAA is victorious in it's campaign against Wahaabi/Salafi insurgency, otherwise expect Europe to maintain and support an additional 30-40 million refugees within the next couple decades.

EDIT: I should point out that Algeria is very geo-strategic territory. In a conventional war against Russia, NATO would probably order Turkey to close the Bosporus (which Turdogan would love nothing more to do), Russia could have strategicaly important naval assets based in Algeria, and virutally control 80-90% of the Meditteranean in response to the closure of the Bosporus and Dardanelles straights.

closing the Bosporus would be Turkey's biggest and last mistake because it would soon be reopened and Turkey's military infrastructure turned to dust and what was left of their navy would be lying on the seabed